Lockheed Martin has announced a multimillion-dollar investment in a Modular Payload Delivery System , or MPDS, and entered into a teaming agreement with Albany Engineered Composites as it seeks to advance hypersonic capabilities and manufacturing capacity for future defense programs. A day earlier, Lockheed Martin and Albany Engineered Composites unveiled a partnership focused on future full-rate production opportunities for hypersonic weapons programs. Under the agreement, Lockheed Martin’s engineering and systems integration expertise would be paired with Albany’s composite manufacturing capabilities.